A model prince? Maharana Bhavani Singh and the end of India's states.

From: History Today | Date: December 1, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Shri Bhavani Singh, who ruled the Northwestern India state of Danta as Maharana between 1928 and 1948, was a beneficent leader who served his subjects well. Bhavani Singh was a devout Hindu, and his kindly, tolerant spirituality colored all of his dealings with his people.

John McLeod presents a study from the last days of the Raj of an Indian ruler who defied the stereotype of princely extravagance and self-indulgence.

At the end of the British Raj in 1947, much of India was governed by some 600 princes and chiefs, what anthropologists call `little kings'. They had ruled in ...

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